African Recovery and Development

H. M. A. Onitiri

Chapter 2 in Policies for Development, 1988, pp 25-47 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa ended with the adoption, without dissent, of a United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development. It was a unique occasion in many ways. First, it was a crucial stage in the series of international actions prompted by the African economic crisis — crucial in the sense that the Session was devoted specifically to addressing the fundamental economic issues of the African crisis rather than to the organisation of emergency supplies of food to feed the hungry. Second, it was the first time that a special session had been held on the economic problems of a particular region of the world, rather than on the problems of developing countries as a whole. Third, the fact that such a special session was held midway through the Third United Nations Development Decade gave rise to several questions about the state of implementation of the Decade programme and the state of the New International Economic Order. Fourth, it gave rise to some discussion about Africa’s relations with the rest of the developing world.

Keywords: African Country; Foreign Exchange; International Community; Special Session; United Nations Programme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-09416-5_2

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